NBC has had great ratings success with airing The Blacklist after The Voice, their biggest series. Will State of Affairs be a hit as well? Cancelled or renewed for season two? Stay tuned.
State of Affairs follows a top CIA analyst (Katherine Heigl) who assembles the President of the United States’ Daily Briefing (PDB), weighing the vital security issues that face the nation. She has a close personal relationship with the commander-in-chief (Alfre Woodard) as she was once engaged to the president’s now-deceased son. The rest of the cast of this dramatic thriller includes Adam Kaufman, Sheila Vand, Cliff Chamberlain, Tommy Savas, and David Harbour.
The ratings are typically the best indication of a show’s likelihood of staying on the air. The higher the ratings (particularly the 18-49 demo), the better the chances for survival. This chart will be updated as new ratings data becomes available — usually the next day, around 11:30am EST/8:30am PST. Refresh to see the latest.
5/8 update: NBC has cancelled State of Affairs after one season of 13 episodes.
1/19 update: If you ran the network, would you cancel or renew State of Affairs?
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Note: Note: These are the Live + Same Day Ratings which include “live” viewing plus delayed DVR viewing, up until 3am local time that same night. Ratings marked with an “*” are the fast affiliate ratings and will be updated with the Live+SD numbers when they are made available. Typically, networks get paid for C+3 ratings which includes DVR viewing within three days of the original airing when commercials are watched. Those numbers are rarely released to the press.
What do you think? Do you like the State of Affairs TV show? Would you like to see it cancelled or renewed for a second season?
Please, please do NOT cancel this show!! Love this show and it definitely has potential!
My wife and got hooked from beginning. We hope the show is not cancelled.
Absolutely awesome show. High intrigue. Hoping to see another action packed season.
I HOPE they continue – my husband and I were surfing series choices on AppleTV and found this series. We just watched the last episode but had no idea there was a chance the show might be canceled. We really enjoyed it and are eager to see what happens next! KEEP IT!!
I love the show. I just have to learn to breathe during the show each week since it is so intriguing! Please have the show renewed for the fans. Fascinating, interesting and updated to where we are in this world of ours and in the middle east. Thank you for an hour of great entertainment. Katherine Heigl and Chris L. McKenna please bring back the love interest is intriguing!
I find the writing and acting and I love the show. I just have to learn to breathe during the show each week since it is so intriguing! Please have the show renewed for the fans. Fascinating, interesting and updated to where we are in this world of ours and in the middle east. Thank you for an hour of great entertainment. Katherine Heigl and Chris L. McKenna please bring back the love interest is intriguing!
Please do not cancel
My daughter and I love the show. The story line and acting is superb. It needs at least another season. People will watch! It is so intriguing. Please do not cancel!
Keep this show!!!
it’s so stupid, the would have cancel it from the beggining
Hope you don’t cancel this show. There is so little left on television which is worth watching these days.
The whole family loves this show. Please do not cancel this series.
Love state of affairs. Please do not cancel!
I got completely hooked on this show. I seriously do not understand this hate-on for Heigl’s performance. I thought she was fantastic. She was intelligent without being pigeon-holed as socially inept. She was commanding without be portrayed as “bossy”. She had had a sensitive side without be over-emotional. These are common I really like that I don’t have to invest as much in shows I do shows like Homeland, waiting forever for the entertainment payout, but it is also a lot more serious and developed than shows like Covert Affairs. I really found that it struck a beautiful balance. This… Read more »
I love this show! U network execs need to leave good shows like State of affairs on and stop with so many reality shows. Yes so.e people like them I get that but not everyone. Me being one of the people that doesn’t. This show kept u wanting the next episode right away. Its a really inventive and captivating show. U should really bring it back! U would b stupid not to.